muscle

beer muscles

An inflated notion of one's strength, ego, or bravado due to excess consumption of alcohol (not necessarily beer). When he drinks, Jeff always gets beer muscles and wants to fight every guy in the bar.I tend to get beer muscles when I drink too much, and I find myself trying some new outrageous physical feat to show off to my friends.

love muscle

hired muscle

One or more persons who have been paid to intimidate someone else (typically into doing something that will benefit the hired muscle's "boss"). I can't believe Jimmy sent some hired muscle after me—I was always going to pay him back, sheesh!Their so-called hired muscle is just one guy, and I'm bigger than him.

pull a muscle

flex your/its muscles

to act in a way that shows power or strength This very poor nation is beginning to flex its muscles as an important producer of coffee.Conservatives are flexing their muscles in local elections this fall.

muscle in on something

to force a way into someone's business or other relationships in order to control them Russell was the governor's closest friend, and he didn't like it when someone tried to muscle in on that relationship.These people pretended to be my friends, but they just wanted to muscle in on my life.

flex your muscles

if a person or an organization flexes their muscles, they take some action to let people know how powerful they are The latest bomb scare was just the terrorists flexing their muscles - showing us they haven't gone away.

flex one's muscles

move a muscle

Bestir oneself even slightly. This idiom is usually put negatively, either with implied criticism, as in She won't move a muscle to help get dinner, or not, as in When I saw the deer, I stayed quite still, not daring to move a muscle. It was first recorded in 1889.

muscle in

Also, muscle in on. Forcibly intrude on or interfere with something, as in The children were determined not to allow the school bully to muscle in, or No more muscling in on our policy decisions! [Colloquial; 1920s]

MUSCLES AND TENDONS MUSCLES There are three main types of muscles: skeletal muscles that are attached to bones and joints, smooth muscles such as those controlling breathing and digestion, and cardiac muscles that control the function of the heart.

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